[Devryn17]

Originally Posted by 45thCamaro

It's nice to download digitally but I feel like I there should be some sort of savings passed on to the consumer. You don't get the disc, the box, paperwork, they save money on shipping and stocking into retail stores. Or at least make it worth our while and give us something extra for the game included in the same price that would cost a disc bought owner more. All of these companies are trying to be green, paperless billing and such, well printing isn't cheap. Why should we help you save money while we still get charged the same?

I have a couple of thoughts on this, and I actually agree with you for the most part. Overhead compared to a store is certainly less, but space and bandwidth still come at a cost. Not to mention the materials you mention don't really come with most games anymore. I can't remember the last time I bought a disc based PS3 game that had more than an activation card in it for online multiplayer (another hassle in itself).

Something I love about Steam (and to a lesser extent, PS Plus), is that when they have sales on digital games, they have SALES. They get WAY cheaper than any physical copy of the same games that I've ever seen. Just last month, Sony had The Last of Us on the PSN store for $30 to PS Plus members, which was crazy cheap at the time. I bought Ico and Shadows of Collusus in HD for $2 each during a sale. That HD collection is still $20-$30 retail.